QUICK QUIZ

1 Which author wrote

Forever Amber? 2 Which US actress starred in Jezebel and The Little Foxes? 3 Which pop group had hits with Good Vibrations and I Get Around? 4 Who is the captain who hunts Moby Dick in Herman Melville’s novel? 5 Which American actor, star of Red Dust, was known as the ‘King of Hollywood’? 6 Followers of which religion worship the Trimurti? 7 In which US state is

Daytona Beach? 8 Where is the Sea of

Showers? 9 Which Scottish politician was the first parliamentary leader of the Labour Party? 10 With which Irish boy band did Ronan Keating find fame? 11 Who wrote Bridget

Jones’s Diary? 12 What does the C stand for in the famous formula of Einstein’s theory of relativity? 13 Which Italian-British architect designed the Lloyd’s Building in London? 14 What name was given to the extended educational tour of Europe that was formerly fashionable among English gentlemen? 15 What is the name of Anthony Gormley’s sculpture which stands next to the A1 at Gateshead? 16 In what year did the English Civil War begin? 17 Who won a Best Director Oscar for the film The Sound of Music? 18 Which zodiac constellation takes its name from the Latin for “twins”? 19 Which lyricist collaborated with Richard Rodgers on Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music? 20 In which English county is the seaside resort of Weymouth? 21 With which natural phenomena is seismology primarily concerned? 22 Of which state of the USA is Frankfort the capital? 23 Which British yachtsman was the first to sail round the world single-handed? 24 In the stock market, what is the opposite of a bull? 25 Which South American country invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982? 26 Of which US state is

Annapolis the capital? 27 In what area of a football pitch can the goalkeeper handle the ball? 28 Who is the mother of

actress Kate Hudson? 29 What name is given to a dome-shaped Inuit dwelling made of snow? 30 Which American actress was dubbed ‘The Sweater Girl’ in 1937?